Re: R700 and 3 T's to Ballarat 30/1/00

[dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)]

James Brook (ajmbrook@ozemail.com.au) won a Nobel Prize for literature by writing:
> John Wayman wrote:

> > High speed cars and travel would also be handy to maintain a path and ensure
> > arrival back in Melbourne at a reasonable hour. It also then reduces the
> > costs e.g. crew wages. Slow trips are why I gave up fan trips!

> - Wooden cars are much more comfortable than normal BK's.

Agreed, especially AEs.

> - 80kph isn't exactly crawling

The 80km/h limit is arbitrary anyway. VR (and early V/Line) ran the same
vehicles at 115km/h when they were in far poorer condition than they are
now.

Cheers
David